Child care Canada - Northwest Territorieshttps://www.childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7861/0
North West TerritoriesenCouncil advised to approve child care centrehttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/19/02/council-advised-approve-child-care-centre
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<p>City staff are recommending that council move forward to the final two readings of a zoning amendment that would allow a child care centre to be located inside the Days Inn hotel on Second Avenue.</p>
<p>Joy Agus, who owns and operates two other daycares in the city, is looking to open the daycare centre inside the former Trappers night club of the hotel, which used to be the Westmark Klondike Inn.</p>
<p>The plans would see an outdoor play space built for the daycare’s youngest charges, with older kids having outdoor time at local parks.</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest TerritoriesTue, 12 Feb 2019 15:37:56 +0000lauraF12115 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgYWCA to open much-needed daycare in Fort Smithhttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/06/ywca-open-much-needed-daycare-fort-smith
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Fort Smith could have a brand new daycare as early as January 1, 2019. </div>
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<p>Lyda Fuller, executive director of the YWCA in Yellowknife, told Cabin Radio the daycare will be owned and operated by the YWCA.</p>
<p>The final design for the new modular structure will determine the number of childcare spots available, but Fuller hopes the centre will accommodate 24 infants and toddlers.</p>
<p>The daycare will be located at 248 McDougal Road, which has remained a vacant lot since the previous daycare burned down in the early 2000s.</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest TerritoriesTue, 12 Jun 2018 14:43:25 +0000michelleJ11567 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgJunior kindergarten off to a smooth start in Yellowknife, says school boardhttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/17/11/junior-kindergarten-smooth-start-yellowknife-says-school-board
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Approximately 130 YK1 junior kindergarten students enjoy low staff-to-student ratio </div>
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<p>It's been smooth sailing so far for junior kindergarten in Yellowknife Education District No.1 (YK1), according to school board superintendent Metro Huculak.</p>
<p>There are about 130 junior kindergarten students enrolled with the school board. Over one-third — 48 — are enrolled in French immersion at J.H. Sissons School.</p>
<p>This gives a student-educator ratio of no more than 10 students to one staff member, which is lower than the government funded ratio of 12-to-1.</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest Territorieskindergartenlegislation and regulationearly childhood education and carequalificationsratiosWed, 01 Nov 2017 15:06:14 +0000eliseL10944 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgDowntown Yellowknife daycare to double its child-care spaces after movehttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/16/06/downtown-yellowknife-daycare-double-its-child-care-spaces-after-move
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<p>One of Yellowknife's largest daycares hopes to double its childcare spaces to 88 when it moves to a new building and location, potentially next year.</p>
<p>The Yellowknife Daycare Association, which is currently located on 51 Street, has signed conditional purchase agreements with the owner of three side-by-side lots on 52 Street, across the street from the Hope's Haven youth shelter and the Mary Murphy seniors home.</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest TerritoriesaccessibilityspacesWed, 29 Jun 2016 17:06:04 +0000LyndsayM9790 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgN.W.T. MLAs unite against cabinet to push childcare, reduced tax, highway sheltershttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/16/03/nwt-mlas-unite-against-cabinet-push-childcare-reduced-tax-highway-sh
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<p>Regular MLAs in the Northwest Territories teamed up against cabinet members this week to get a timeline for implementing universal child care, a lower small business tax and emergency highway shelters included in the territorial government's now-approved mandate for the next four years.</p>
<p>In short: the cabinet now has to do things it didn't support.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"It was regular MLAs working together to change a mandate that didn't reflect the priorities we ran on," said Kevin O'Reilly, the MLA for Frame Lake.&nbsp;</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest TerritoriesuniversalityWed, 02 Mar 2016 15:39:28 +0000BGrady9508 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgChild care for $10 a day feasible in Canadahttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/15/07/child-care-10-day-feasible-canada
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<p>Introducing universal $10-a-day child care would grow the province's economy by $3.9 billion and generate $1.3 billion in government revenue once fully phased in, according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest Territoriesadvocacypublic opinionWed, 15 Jul 2015 19:08:26 +0000LyndsayM8972 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgN.W.T. daycare inspection reports not available to the publichttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/15/01/nwt-daycare-inspection-reports-not-available-public
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<p>Parents looking to check in on how their child's daycare or day home fares during annual inspections are out of luck in the Northwest Territories, as daycare inspection reports are not made public.</p>
<p>Natasha McCagg sends her daughter to daycare in Yellowknife. She says if parents want to know how safe a facility is, it's up to them to try to interview providers.</p>
<p>"You're sending them off, trusting another adult to be that caring adult. You just want to make sure you do your research and your due diligence." </p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest Territorieslegislation and regulationTue, 27 Jan 2015 17:29:17 +0000LyndsayM8538 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgWage top up for N.W.T daycare workers now 8 months latehttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/14/10/wage-top-nwt-daycare-workers-now-8-months-late
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<p>Daycare workers in the Northwest Territories still haven't received a wage subsidy the government promised in February. </p>
<p>The money is part of a plan to encourage more qualified early childhood educators, but the program to deliver it is still being developed. </p>
<p>"The subsidy is a lot of extra money for people that don't make a ton of money," says David Wasylciw, chair of the N.W.T. Montessori Society. </p>
<p>But Wasylciw says his organization has been waiting months for information, and staff are wondering when they'll get paid.</p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest TerritoriesstaffWed, 29 Oct 2014 17:59:54 +0000LyndsayM8350 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgA framework for early childhood development in the Northwest Territories: Action planhttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/14/02/framework-early-childhood-development-northwest-territories
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TABLED DOCUMENT 25-17(5). TABLED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2014 </div>
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<p>[The action plan features 7 commitments, with related objectives and actions including:]</p>
<p><strong>Commitment 6. Access to high quality, affordable early learning programs&nbsp;and child care services are enhanced.</strong></p> </div>
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Research, policy & practiceNorthwest TerritoriesWed, 19 Feb 2014 15:44:46 +0000cferns7764 at https://www.childcarecanada.orgFree preschool pondered: Territorial government looks at funding education for four year oldshttps://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/11/12/free-preschool-pondered-territorial-government-looks-funding-educati
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<p>SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE -&nbsp;Should preschool be free across the territory? The government and Yellowknife school boards are asking the question in an effort to improve early childhood education.</p>
<p>"We've heard from various jurisdictions across Canada, even internationally, that we have to invest heavily into early childhood," said Jackson Lafferty, GNWT minister of Education, Culture and Employment. </p>
<p>Currently, the earliest children in the territory can begin publicly funded education is in kindergarten at age five. </p> </div>
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Child care in the newsNorthwest TerritoriesfundingTue, 20 Dec 2011 14:49:28 +0000Shani Halfon6152 at https://www.childcarecanada.org